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    “Success is largely the failures you avoid.

    • Health is the injuries you don’t sustain.
    • Wealth is the purchases you don’t make.
    • Happiness is the objects you don’t desire.
    • Peace of mind is the arguments you don’t engage.

    Avoid the bad to protect the good.”

    James Clear

      “It’s easy to assume that getting rich in money will also mean you are rich in time, but it is often the case that when you earn more money, you end up with less time and more responsibilities. Being rich is nice, but what you really want to optimize for is (1) an income that exceeds your spending by a healthy margin and (2) a lifestyle that is free from rushing.”

      James Clear

        “The person who experiences the consequences should make the decision.”

        James Clear

          “There are two ways to live a longer life: 1) Biologically. Extend the timeline between your birth and your death. 2) Psychologically. Fit more lives into whatever time you are given. Make each decade rich with experiences and perhaps you can live a handful of lives before you are done.”

          James Clear

            “Your teaching ability is constrained by your writing ability. If you can’t write it down, it will be nearly impossible to teach it well.”

            James Clear

              “On funerals, loss, grief, friendship, and support:

              It’s not about knowing what to say. It’s about being there when nobody knows what to say. The only thing people need to hear is, ‘You are not alone.’ And that doesn’t require words. It just requires your presence.”

              James Clear

                “Savor the little victories as much as you criticize the little mistakes.”

                James Clear

                  “You are better equipped to deal with stress when you are moving. When you feel tense or frustrated or worried, it is difficult to think your way into feeling better. The more you think about the situation, the larger it becomes in your mind. Trying to think your way out of it often leads to a spiral of overthinking and rumination. The first step is not to think something different, but to do something different. It doesn’t matter what. Stretch on the floor, go for a walk, work on a project. Get out of your mind and move your body.”

                  James Clear

                    “Two simple rules: (1) You get better at what you practice. (2) Everything is practice. Look around and you may be surprised by what people are “practicing” each day. If you consider each moment a repetition, what are most people training for all day long? Many people are practicing getting mad on social media. Others are practicing the fine art of noticing how they have been wronged. Still more have mastered the craft of making plans (but never following through). But, of course, it doesn’t have to be that way. What are you practicing?”

                    James Clear

                      “You can lose yourself one small compromise at a time. You can transform yourself one small win at a time.”

                      James Clear

                        “Two is twice as good as one, but one is infinitely better than zero.

                        • One minute of making sales calls is infinitely better than zero minutes.
                        • One minute of meditation is infinitely better than zero minutes.
                        • One minute of writing is infinitely better than zero minutes.

                        Sure, it might be ideal to spend an hour doing these things, but one minute gets you in the game. Now you’re learning. Now you’re improving. Now results are possible. One doesn’t seem like much, but it’s something real. At zero, you’re still dreaming.”

                        James Clear

                          “Compete externally and you compare. Compete internally and you improve.”

                          James Clear

                            “Focus on what provides value to others, not what impresses others. Other people spend about as much time thinking about your lifestyle and accomplishments as you spend thinking about their lifestyle and accomplishments. Which is to say, not much time at all. The things we do to impress others rarely impress them for longer than five minutes. But the things we do to provide value for others can last a lifetime. In the long run, one of the most impressive things you can do is provide exceptional value.”

                            James Clear

                              “Self-talk strategies: If you need confidence, talk to yourself the way you would talk to a friend. If you need persistence, talk to yourself the way you would talk to a student. If you need patience, talk to yourself the way you would talk to a child.”

                              James Clear

                                “Inspiration comes on the twenty-fifth attempt, not the first. If you want to make something excellent, don’t wait for a brilliant idea to strike. Create twenty-five of what you need and one will be great. Inspiration reveals itself after you get the average ideas out of the way, not before you take the first step.”

                                James Clear

                                  “The problem with smart people is they can come up with a good reason for not doing anything. They are smart enough to find the cracks, to foresee the challenges, and to talk themselves out of the idea. They are experts at justifying their lack of courage or lack of action with an intelligent excuse.

                                  But there will always be reasons to not do something, and this is particularly true of anything worth doing. We value those moments in which we overcame challenge, not those in which we avoided it. Ultimately, action is a choice. The choice to emphasize the reasons for doing it despite the reasons you have for avoiding it.”

                                  James Clear

                                    “One of the great mistakes in life is suffering for years because you didn’t want to feel foolish for five minutes.

                                    • You don’t want to apologize, so you let a relationship deteriorate.
                                    • You’re scared of the sting of rejection, so you don’t ask for what you want.
                                    • You fear people will say your idea is dumb, so you never start the business.

                                    Nobody likes feeling foolish, but the feeling fades quickly. The willingness to endure five minutes of discomfort turns out to be a meaningful dividing line in life.”

                                    James Clear

                                      “Productivity is most important for things you don’t want to be doing. Most people want to increase productivity so they can spend less time on the task. But before you worry about being more productive, think about being more selective. Rather than focusing on increasing productivity, it may be worth asking, ‘What would I be delighted to spend time on, even if it went slowly?’ Direct your energy toward figuring out how to start what you want to do rather than thinking about how to shorten what you don’t want to do.”

                                      James Clear

                                        “How can I overlap the things I enjoy? For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse? Or perhaps you’d like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around? It doesn’t always work, but there are usually a few areas of life you can overlap in an enjoyable way. Look for the overlap.”

                                        James Clear